{"id":1133,"date":"2020-12-21T13:46:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/12\/21\/4738777-how-to-manage-cname-records-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","slug":"4738777-how-to-manage-cname-records-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4738777-how-to-manage-cname-records-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage CNAME Records at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can manage your DNS records via <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583249-how-can-i-manage-my-dns-records\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS Zone Editor<\/a><\/b>. To add a new record choose the type of record as <b>CNAME<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/12\/81eb43d7-c0a1-4c85-a515-da6bd49b231f.jpg\" alt=\"The Manage DNS records section showing how to add a CNAME record\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is pointing elsewhere by NS records, your <b>DNS Zone<\/b> <b>management<\/b> is moved to the provider you pointed the domain to and should be <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410887-dns-record-changes-in-other-registrars-hosting-providers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">managed from there<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_0be0d68621\">What values to use?<\/h2><h3 id=\"h_b25b698e52\">Name (Host)<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name <\/b>is the hostname for the record, without the domain name. This is generally referred to as a subdomain. The domain name is automatically appended, so you do not need to add it manually.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If Hostinger CDN is enabled, modifying the <code>www<\/code> CNAME record may affect your website&rsquo;s functionality. Consider <a href=\"\/support\/7935917-hostinger-cdn-website-optimization#h_cb55d22321\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">fully disabling<\/a> the CDN before making changes.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_16011a37e2\">Target (Points to)<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">The Target field indicates the <b>destination<\/b> the CNAME should point to. Make sure to review and confirm that both name and target are correct to ensure that your CNAME record works as intended.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_5d999769fe\">TTL<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">If you haven&rsquo;t received specific TTL requirements from the service where you want to point your domain, you can use the default TTL value of 14400 seconds (four hours).<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After making any changes to your CNAME records, consider <b>up to 24 hours<\/b> for them to <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">fully propagate<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"how-to-edit-or-delete-cname-records-\">How to edit or delete CNAME records <\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to apply changes or remove an existing record, go to your domain&rsquo;s DNS Zone Editor and select accordingly:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/12\/556aa359-6323-4f25-b27a-782b8792b38a.jpg\" alt=\"The DNS Zone Editor showing how to delete or edit a record\"><\/div><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Permanently <b>delete<\/b> a record<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Edit<\/b> a record<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing CNAME records via Hostinger\u2019s DNS Zone Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns-zone-management-at-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4738777-how-to-manage-cname-records-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4738777-como-administrar-registros-cname-en-hostinger-hpanel\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4738777-comment-gerer-les-enregistrements-cname-sur-hpanel-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4738777-bagaimana-cara-menambah-dan-menghapus-cname-record-di-hostinger-hpanel\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4738777-como-gerenciar-registros-cname-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4738777----cname--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4500,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/4500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}